Desktop enviroment 🔼

@ wkp/desktop envs @ wkp / comparison of desktop envs.

desktop envs / community discussions 🔼

@ XFCE is building a new WM and compositor for Wayland

Devuan Desktop Enviroments 🔼

MATE 🔼

XFCE 🔼

  • wm :Openbox
  • panel :tint2
  • system monitor:conky
  • app menu:jgmenu

LXQt 🔼

@ wkp/LXQt @ lxqt-project.org

LXDE 🔼

@ wkp/LXDE

  • wm :Openbox
  • panel :tint2
  • system monitor:conky
  • app menu:jgmenu

KDE 🔼

Gnome 🔼

Desktop Envs NOT in Devuan 🔼

CAFE (fork of MATE) 🔼

usint CTK (fork of GTK3),

Bunsen 🔼

@ bunsenlab.org

  • wm :Openbox
  • panel :tint2
  • system monitor:conky
  • app menu:jgmenu

Desktop env / components 🔼

components / window manager 🔼

components / display manager 🔼

components / display server 🔼

components / windows 🔼

components / app menus 🔼

app menus / about 🔼

The current debian policy on its supported desktop menu systems @

In jwm and pekwm the main app menu seems to be filled only with a few of the installed apps

app menus / debian menu system 🔼

[@refpage](https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/menu.html/)

pekwm in its static /etc/pekwm/config file includes a debian-menu that is a file generated and not packaged in the pekwm deb file.

app menus / jgmenu 🔼

[@jgmenu](https://jgmenu.github.io/index.html)

app menus / menumaker 🔼

[@menumaker](https://menumaker.sourceforge.net/) MenuMaker is a menu generation utility for X window managers on *NIX systems. It is capable of finding lots of installed programs and generating a root menu consistent across all supported X window managers, so one will get (almost) the same menu no matter which window manager is used.

app menus / examination of menu build in pekwm and jwm 🔼

/usr/share/menu/qutebrowser

?package(qutebrowser):needs="x11" section="Applications/Network/Web Browsing" \
        title="Qutebrowser" \
        longtitle="Qutebrowser Web Browser" \
        command="qutebrowser" \
        icon="/usr/share/pixmaps/qutebrowser.xpm"

Interstingly qutebrowser seem to follow a menu standard that no other programs follows. Thus a user of pekwm could be puzzled as to why only qutebrowser appears on the jwm and pekwm menu,

taskbars 🔼

app integration 🔼